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School: Machaire

Location:
Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 058

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What goes up the chimney down but won't go down the chimney up?
    An umbrella.
    What goes away between two woods and returns under them?
    A man fetching water in pails
    What stands at one side of the wood and eats it all over?
    A sow eating out of a trough
    Why is a loaf on a steeple compaired to a race horse?
    Because it is high bred (bread)
    Blackie and whitie went up the hill
    Blackie came back but white stood still.
    Hen laid egg on hill.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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    English